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terrapleno

English translation: hard standing

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Portuguese term or phrase:terrapleno
English translation:hard standing
Entered by: Emma Cox

10:17 Feb 8, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Portuguese term or phrase: terrapleno
Aproveita as antigas instalações do porto e dispõe de cerca de 60m de
cais com fundos de serviço de (-2,5m)ZH assim como de terraplenos com
cerca de 1000m2. Sobre o terrapleno do Sector Comercial está instalado o
entreposto frigorífico com cerca de 1500m2 de área coberta.
Emma Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:46
hard standing
Explanation:
These extensive flat areas for housing shipping containers, for example, must certainly have been filled and graded initailly, hence the use of terrapleno. However, what interests the English user is "what is their function NOW?" to which the answer is "to provide a level, stable, firm surface on which large objects can be stored or machines such as cranes can be moved".

This sort of surface is known as "hard standing". You will find them at airports, ports, outside car showrooms, around factories, etc.
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lexical
Spain
Local time: 01:46
Grading comment
Excellent, this is just what I was looking for!!! I don't think the piece of land is landfill at all - hard standing is a great (and native!!) translation which makes the most sense in this context looking at the photos. Thank you so much!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2hard standing
lexical
3 +2earthfill
Claudio Mazotti


Discussion entries: 3





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
earthfill


Explanation:
Work Summary. Cliente. Parque EXPO, SA. Client. Tipo de contrato. Chave-na-Mão. Contract type. Turn-Key ... Terrapleno / Earthfill - 30 000 m ...
www.seth.pt/Admin/Obras/EXPO-Marina.pdf


Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eneide Moreira
1 min
  -> tks a lot!
agree  Humberto Ribas
19 mins
  -> tks a lot!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hard standing


Explanation:
These extensive flat areas for housing shipping containers, for example, must certainly have been filled and graded initailly, hence the use of terrapleno. However, what interests the English user is "what is their function NOW?" to which the answer is "to provide a level, stable, firm surface on which large objects can be stored or machines such as cranes can be moved".

This sort of surface is known as "hard standing". You will find them at airports, ports, outside car showrooms, around factories, etc.

lexical
Spain
Local time: 01:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Excellent, this is just what I was looking for!!! I don't think the piece of land is landfill at all - hard standing is a great (and native!!) translation which makes the most sense in this context looking at the photos. Thank you so much!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abigail Elvins
1 hr
agree  Ryan Shevlane
5254 days
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